I am a teacher, mentor and father of 5 children. I come from Prague, the very heart of Europe. I have traveled, studied and worked throughout the continent, and mastered many European languages,.
I liked traveling in the remote parts of the Balcan, but later on my interest turned to Caucasus, Turkey and Iran. I have even started learning Farsi. Later I discovered India. The nature and the people caught my fancy.

I had studied theoretical mathematics and history of science, from where I shifted into alternative education. For the last 27 years, I had been a teacher, mentor and teacher trainer in various settings - waldorf, montessori, sudbury, nature schools and many others. In my Institute of Alternative and Innovative Education, I had helped parent or teacher groups to start new schools and transform existing ones. I have helped principals and their teams to develop a clear vision of their school. And last, but not least, to many children I taught, I helped to love learning and overcome many social, cognitive and personal difficulties.

In the last 12 years, I kept visiting the Indian subcontinent, traveled through many States and saw many wonderful schools, teachers, parents and children. I witnessed the blossoming alternative school landscape driven by both enthusiastic teachers and parents. I delved into the educational philosophies of Vivekanda, Aurobindo, Krishnamurti, Steiner, O’ Neill or Montessori, seeking both their common ground and the unique essence of each of them. I have conducted workshops for children, parents and teachers in North and South India, Nepal and Sri Lanka.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I love travelling, sometimes alone, sometimes with my family or a part of it. I like meeting people from various countries and learn about their language and culture. In India, I want to explore possibilities of doing things together in the field of alternative or innovative education.

Interests

• culture
• education
• traveling
• socializing
• teaching
• languages
• mathematics
• psychology
• spirituality
• children
• drama
• wild nature
• history of science

Teach, Learn, Share

I can share my experience with teaching children and adults in diffrent countries, as well as my experience with building and developping communities around education.

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Armenia, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, India, Iran, Italy, Nepal, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Germany, India, Switzerland, Ukraine